The African Climate Change Fund (ACCF) was created by the African
Development Bank in April 2014 with an initial contribution of € 4.725
million from the government of Germany to support African countries in
building their resilience to the negative impacts of climate change and
in transitioning to sustainable low-carbon growth.
The ACCF
secured an additional funding commitment of € 4.7 million from the
government of Italy at the end of 2015 and a commitment of € 2 million
from the government of Flanders, Belgium in 2016, bringing the total
contributions to the ACCF since its inception to over € 11.4 million.
These commitments have allowed the ACCF to scale-up to a multi-donor
trust fund.
To date, the ACCF has approved 8 small grant
projects for a total of US $3.3 million. The approved projects are
supporting six countries (Mali, Kenya, Swaziland, Cabo Verde, Zanzibar
(Tanzania) and Cote d’Ivoire) to strengthen their capacities to access
international climate finance, as well as two multi-national projects.
The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF), housed in the Climate Change
and Green Growth Department of the African Development Bank (AfDB), is
launching a call for proposals.
The
funding envelope available for this call is US $5 million in the form
of grants. The Fund is seeking concept notes for projects and programmes
in the range of US $250,000 – US $ 1 million.
Focus Areas and themes:
The
ACCF is seeking innovative and impactful proposals that will support
African countries to transition to climate resilient, low carbon
development, and scale-up access to climate finance. Priority will be
given to proposals focused on the thematic areas: supporting direct
access to climate finance; and supporting small–scale or pilot
adaptation initiatives to build resilience of vulnerable communities.
Proposals
should be aligned with the priorities of the Bank, including the
10-year strategy (which aims for inclusive growth and a transition to
green growth) and the High-Five priorities (which aim to light up and
power Africa, feed Africa, industrialize Africa, integrate Africa, and
improve the quality of life for the people of Africa), as well as with
the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the National
Adaptation Plans (NAPs) or related adaptation strategies of the
beneficiary countries.
Eligible beneficiaries:
This
call for proposals is open to all eligible beneficiaries of the ACCF,
including African governments, regional organizations, funds,
non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and research institutions, as well
as Bank departments. Proposals from consortia are allowed, as long as
all members of the consortium are eligible beneficiaries.
